Vehicle-fender.



No. 875 556. PATENTED DEC. 31 1907. J. L. SGHUREMAN.

VEHICLE FENDER.

AP?LIOATION IILED PERM. 1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB L. SCHUREMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO APPLIANCEMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF CHIGAGQ ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

. VEHICLE-FENDER.

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jason L. Scmtnmnm,

Specification of LettersPatent.

i Application filed February 21. 1510/. Serial No. 358.616.

a citizen of the United Stntes,-residing at- Chicago, in the county ofCook and State of Illinois. have invented a new and useful [mrovementinVehicle-Fenders, of which the ollowing is a specification.

My invention relates more especially to an improvement in fenders foruse on automobiles to protect their front ends and the attachmentscarried thereon, sucha's the;

lam )5, against injury from collisions.

A y primary object is to provide improvemerits in the. construction offenders of this variety whereby great security from injury to theautomobile and the attachments referred to, as well as to the fender beinsured.

Referring to accompanying drawings- Figure 1 shows by a view in sideelevation the front end of an automobile equipped with my improvedfender; Fig. 2 is a view in front elevation of the portion of theautomobile and fender shown in Fig.1; Fig. 3, a plan View of the fendershown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4, a broken enlarged sectional view of a I i the flattenedend-portions of the rods 12 con detaihtaken at tlieline 1 on Fig. 1 andviewed in the direction of the arrow; Fig. 3, an enlargcd face View ofone of the ri"id ineinbers of said bracket; Fig. 7, an end view of thenut for clamping the bracket members together; Fig. 8, a side view ofthe nut shown in Fig. 7 Fig. 9, a side view of the clamping-boltemployed with the nut, and Fig. 10, a section taken at the line 10 onFig. of the arrow, and enlarged. The impact-bar 11 of my iinprcvedfenderwhich 1 preferably form of steel tubing, has its ends deflectedbackwardly and downwardly as represented in Figs. 1 and 2, this barbeing of a length adapting it to extend across an automobile-front withits ends in alinement with the tires, when positioned on an automobile,as hereinafter explained, the open ends of this bar being covered -withprotecting caps 11 which have.-'-'srnooth curved outer surfaces, asshown, to protect the tires, in case of collision, from injury. This baris adjustablv secured at points between its ends to the outerextremities of supporting-rods 1?, 12 which pass, guidodly itself, may

idly iogether'in adjusted Patented Dec. 31, 1907.

plate 17, the lates 17, when the rods 12 are screwed tight y into theheads, engaging with the latter and rigidly clampin the bar near itsopposite ends to the rods in the desired )ositioii of the latterlongitudinally of the )ar. Surrounding the outer end of each rod 12 andconfined between its head 16 and the respective guiding head 13, are aplurality of end abutting coiled spri -sections 18, forming acushioning-inediuni or theimpactbar near its opposite ends, for thepurpose hereinafter described.

The rods-12 are guidedly confined at their rear end-portions, which areflattened as re. iresented at 9-, in adjustable brackets 19 acapted tobe bolted to the 0 )positc sides of an automobile, in the rear oi thebeads 13,

taming drive.pin or cotter-pin openings 20, into any one of which a pin21 may be driven .to prevent the rods from being accidentally withdrawn,as by jarring, from the brackets 19. Each bracket 19 comprises anattaching-plate 22, an adjustable date 23 and clamping means for holdingt e plates rigosition. Each plate 22 is provided with b0 t-holes 24,near its upper end, at which itis adapted to be.

secured to an automobile at oneside, and Willi a bifurcatedolfset-lower-portion or yoke atlording, between its arms, a nutreceiving socket 156 with its side-walls containing a series oftransverse notches 27,

preferably semi-circular in cross-section, and

The

spaced equidistant from each other. p ate 23, which [its against and isadjustable on the outer surface of the plate 22, is formed with ashank-portion 28 having a central longitudinal nut-receiving opening 29provided in its side-walls with a series of transverse notches 30, likethe not hes 27, and adapted to rwgister with them; and extending down--ward from this shank-portion is a stem 31 terminating in a lateraextension 32, forming a loop, and disposed at a right-angle to theshank-portion with an elongated slot 33 in it, t u ugh which a rod 12passes for guidanco..

Tho (-l oping moa s, roforrod to, for tlt'lt hraokot; ooasists of a nut54 and a bolt 35 oooperating thorowith. 'lho nut .Hfiwl ioh isapproximately soaaro in oross-sootion. lltts on two oppostto sidos ofits lmd \'-portion 36. longitudinal tonguos 37. and at ono ood'it isoxpandod into a llango its 'ltlt'ii oxtonds latorally hoyond saidtonguos for ongaging tho inner surface of tho plato 22 whon tho nut isin clamping )ositlon thoroin. as horoinaltor oxplaiood. ho platos 2'.and 23am: soourod togother in tho dosirod rolativo adjustod positinn byinserting tho nut 34 at its hotlyportion into the roooss 26 and oponing29, the tonguos on tho nut ontorin g rogistoring nott'hes 27 and 3t),and thoronpon sorow'ing the holt 35 into tho nut to clamp tho platoshotweon the llango 3S and tho head on the bolt, tho eugagomont of thotongues with tho notohos sorving to hold tho platos rigidly together.

The proforrod position of tho impaot-har nnanautontohilo is thatroprosontod in Figs. 1 and 2, in 'hlt'll tho. rods 12 inolino downwardlytoward their roar onds. By providing the adjustahlooonnootions hotwoontho rods I2 and intpaot-har and tho adjustaiilo guido-hraokots, myimprovod fondor may he roadily and aot-uratoly appliod to ditl'orontsizos and typos or automohilos: and providing: lill' springs IN in aplurality of short sootions. tho) may ho roadily siiortonod, by ro-|no\'in; sootions. to pormit tho t'ondor to ho appliod in propor msitionso far as oxtont. of )rotrusion hoyont tho front of an) automol)ll( isoont-ornod. With tho impart-haithus s )ring-oushionod .on anautnmoltilo-l'rtmt. tllo l'oroo of tho impaot against it. whon st ruok.will ho ahsorhot! to a grout tl -g l-t tho sptings.1.llllfi-|)ltll1t'lll),' tho automohilo against injury from sororojtll'l'lflf". With tho olongatod guidos for tho roar onds of tho rods[2. atl'ordod l) tho l:ttol'all pt'ttjt'lllltfl loops. in tho ovont of ablow hoing oxortod against ono ond ol'tho har. it will oauso thohartoyiold at that ond onlyv and tho l'roo ond of tho rod to-ntovolto|'i,.ontall in tho guidooponing and thus avoid torsional strain ontho fondor mrts with oonsoquont injtny ol' thonl.

As is roadily apparont tho platos 22 may ho olalnpod to tho platos 2'.in a position to 'auso thoir loop-oxtoasions to oxtond inwardly iostoadol' outwardly. as shown. by rovorsin; tho plan-s 23. whoo it isnot-ossar for an pttrposo to do so to oll'oot ho propor adjustmont oftho l'ondor on tho \ohiolo.

Tho llattonod onds of tho supporting-rods aftor tho l'ondor has hoonadjustod to a \o- I hit-lo, h) roason ofthoirougagontont with thoalongatod slots in tho oop-oXtt'ttslntts. provont aoontontal turning oftho rods :11 tho heads i and thorohy provont aooi-lontal loosening ofthe impact-liar on its supporting-rods.

What I claim as now, and dosiro to secure h Lottors P atont, is-

l. A \'ohit'lo-tondt r ootnprising, in oomhination, an impart-hat,supporting-rods (Ulllltt'Utl with said-hat, guiding-supports adaptod toho soourod totho sidos ofa vohiolo and in whioh said rods aroguidodlvsupportod a-twoon thoir onds, ('ttsllioniitg moans for tho butintorposod ilotwoon it and said guidingsupports, and-guido-hral'kotsadaptod to ho soourod tittoppositt' sidos of a vohiolo and havingolongatod guido-slots in which the roar onds of said rods aro roniovahlyoonlinod.

:2. A vohiolo-l'ondor oomprising, in oomhination, an itnpaot-har.supporting-rods vohit-lo and in whit-h said rods aro guidodljt supportodhotwoon thoir onds, oushioningrmoans for tho har, andguido-hraokots,oat-h oontprisin; a months-r adaptod to in.- soourod to a sido ol-a\ohiolo and a sooond montbor ad ustahly sot'urod on said tit'st-namodmontbor and trovidod with :z') olongatod guidoslot for t to roarond-poruon of tho supporting-rod. v I

3. A vohiolo-fomlor ot'unprising, in ('nltthination, an itnpaot-bar,supporting-rods oonnootod with said liar, -gititling-supports adaptod toho sot'urod on opposito sidos of a vohn-lo nd in 'ltltll said rods aroguidodly' supportod hr-twoon thoir onds, oushioningmoans for tho bar,and guido-hraokots, oaoh oomprisiltg a plato adaptod to ho soourod to asido of a vohiolo and having a nut-roooi\-'ing sookot. a sooond platoadjustahlo on said lirstnamod plato and providod with a llllt-l'tt'tlV-in; oponing, and astoln oa'ntaining a latorally o.\'tondin; guitlo-slotfor roooiving tho roar ond-port ion of asupporting-rial, and adamping-nut and bolt adjustahly t-onlinod in said sookot and oponing,for tho purti oso sot forth.

4. A vohiolo-t'ondor compris ng, in comhination, an impact-liar,supporting-rods oonnootod with said lml', guidinwsup mrts adaptod to hosot-[trod on opposito sidos of a vohiolo and in whit-h said rods aroguidodly snpportod hotwoon thoir onds. oushioningmoans for said harintorposotl iiotwoon it and said guiding-snppm-ts, and guido-hraokots,oaoh oontprisin; a. plato adaptotl to ho soourod to a sido of a vohioloand having a nut-roooiring sookot with a sorios ol' nott'hos in itswalls; a sooond plato adjustahlo on said lirst-nantod plato and providodwith a nut-ro oivin; oponing having' a sorios of notohos in its wallsrogistoring with tho nott'hos m said sookot an-l with a guido-slot l'orroot-iving tho roar owl-portion of a sup- 'po.ti|:g-rod. andolaniping-tnoans'oonsisting of a tlangod nut onto-ring said sot'lt'otand oponing and pr vidod on oppasito sidos with ton uesfit-ting in saidnotches, and a clamp-' l ingjn'ilt cooperating with said nutto clamp theplates together in adjusted position.

5. A Vehicle-fender comprising, in combination an impact-bar-having itsends deform-ion, for the purpos llected downwardly and reanvardly, sup-;

vehicle and provided with laterally extending guide-slots through whichthe flattened rear ends of said rods extend to be guidedly supportedtherein, and stop-pins in said per- 20 e set forth.

:3. A vehicle-fender comprising, in combination, an impact-bar formed oftubing,

tire-protectors confined on the ends of said liar and supporting-rodsfor said bar adapted 25 to he supported on the opposite sides of thevehicle.

JACOB L. SCHUREMAS.

In presence 0f R. A. SCHAEFER,

J. II. LANDES.

